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Quotes About Newts

Many amphibian eggs are black with the pigment melanin that protects their delicate cells from damage by ultra-violet light. Newt eggs, however, are white and lack pigment so they need protection of leaves.
~ David Attenborough
Anyone who is disturbed by the idea of newts in a nightclub is potentially dangerous.
~ Frank Zappa
The captain glared at him. The sergeant put on the poker face that has been handed down from NCO to NCO ever since one protoamphibian told another, lower-ranking protoamphibian to muster a squad of newts and Take That Beach.
~ Terry Pratchett
But what is the love life of newts, if you boil it right down? Didn't you tell me once that they just waggled their tails at one another in the mating season?' 'Quite correct.' I shrugged my shoulders. 'Well all right, if they like it. But it's not my idea of molten passion.
~ P. G. Wodehouse